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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Pentatomoidea » Shield-backed Bugs (Scutelleridae) » Pachycorinae » Homaemus » Homaemus bijugis

Species Homaemus bijugis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Food · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Infraorder Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily Pentatomoidea
Family Scutelleridae (Shield-backed Bugs)
Subfamily Pachycorinae
Genus Homaemus
Species bijugis (Homaemus bijugis)
Explanation of Names
Homaemus bijugis Uhler 1872
Size
5.7‒8.0 mm(1)
Range
transcontinental (BC‒ON to CA‒NM‒OK‒AR‒FL)(2)
Habitat
Meadows, prairies, pastures, wood edges(1)
Food
collected from various grasses, wheat, and alfalfa(1)
Works Cited
1.The Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera) of Northeastern North America
J.E. McPherson. 1982. Southern Illinois University Press.
2.New state and provincial records for some nearctic true bugs (Hem.:Heteroptera) from the Ill. Nat.Hist. Survey Insect Collection
Swanson D.R. 2021. Great Lakes Entomol. 54: 104‒142.
Contributed by Boris Büche on 3 May, 2007 - 6:25am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 29 August, 2023 - 6:08pm

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